Myths featuring Ame-no-Tajikarao

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Ame-no-Uzume Performing a Wild Comic Dance on a Tub to Make the Gods Laugh

⛩️ Japanese MythologyAmano-Iwato Shrine, Miyazaki, JapanAme-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto • Amaterasu-Omikami • Susano'o-no-Mikoto

When the sun goddess Amaterasu locked herself in the heavenly rock cave Ama-no-Iwato, she cast the entire cosmos into complete darkness and despair. The millions of Shinto deities gathered in the dry riverbed to devise a plan, but no strategy worked until the clever dawn goddess, Ame-no-Uzume, overturned a wooden tub near the cave's entrance and began a wild, comical, and highly suggestive...

Ame-no-Tajikarao Throwing the Cave Door Across Japan Using His Immense Strength

⛩️ Japanese MythologyMount Togakushi, Nagano, JapanAme-no-Tajikarao • Amaterasu-Omikami • Ame-no-Uzume

When the sun goddess Amaterasu hid inside the Heavenly Rock Cave, plunging the entire universe into absolute darkness, the heavenly deities devised a plan to lure her out. The physically strongest kami, Ame-no-Tajikarao, stood concealed by the cavern's entrance, waiting for the perfect opportunity to act. When Amaterasu peeked out in curiosity, Tajikarao grabbed her hand, hauled her out, and...

Amaterasu Sealing Herself Inside the Heavenly Rock Cave, Plunging the World into Darkness

⛩️ Japanese MythologyAmano-Iwato Shrine, Miyazaki, JapanAmaterasu • Susanoo • Ame-no-Uzume

Driven to deep despair and grief by the destructive, reckless actions of her brother Susanoo, the sun goddess Amaterasu seals herself within the Heavenly Rock Cave, Amano-Iwato. Her withdrawal plunges both the heavens and the earth into complete, terrifying darkness and unleashes countless evil spirits. Through a clever, festive plan devised by the assembly of gods, Amaterasu is lured out of...